dime

10セント硬貨

１ドルの１０分の１の価値がある硬貨。

やさしい英語で： A coin worth ten cents, or one tenth of a dollar.

• I found a dime.
• Ten dimes make one dollar.
• Do you have a dime for this machine?

類義語： ten-cent coin

よく使う表現： a silver dime, a dime coin, find a dime

一銭、わずかなお金

ごく少額のお金。全く払わない、もらわないことを強調する際によく使う。

やさしい英語で： A very small amount of money, often used to emphasize that no money is spent or received.

• It didn't cost a dime.
• She hasn't earned a dime this week.
• He spent every last dime on repairs.

類義語： cent, penny

よく使う表現： not a dime, a single dime, every last dime

負担、費用持ち

何かにかかる費用を誰が払うかを表す。

やさしい英語で： Someone's responsibility for paying the cost of something.

• Lunch is on my dime.
• She traveled to Paris on the company's dime.
• Why should they take a holiday on the taxpayers' dime?

使い方： on someone's dime (We stayed at the hotel on the company's dime.)

類義語： expense

よく使う表現： on someone's dime, on my dime

密告する

誰かが違法なことをしたと、警察にひそかに知らせる。

やさしい英語で： To secretly tell the police that someone has done something illegal.

• Who dimed on him?
• Someone dimed her out to the cops.
• He feared his partner would dime on him.

使い方： dime on someone (She dimed on the dealer to the police.)

類義語： inform on, rat on, snitch on

よく使う表現： dime on someone, dime someone out

最大音量にする

ギターアンプの音量を最大にする。

やさしい英語で： To turn a guitar amplifier up to its highest setting.

• He dimed the amp.
• Dime the amplifier for a louder sound.
• She always dimes her amp before playing rock songs.

類義語： turn up fully

よく使う表現： dime the amp, dime an amplifier